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Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses Cherokee Nation COVID-19 Lawsuit
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected claims from the Cherokee Nation that its business losses stemming from COVID-19 warrant compensation from the tribe's property insurance provider. The Cherokee Nation owns and operates 10 casinos in Oklahoma. The tribe voluntarily closed those businesses...
Atlantic City Casino Industry Folds on Smoking Discussion at Gaming Conference
An official representing Atlantic City's casino industry was ready to justify why patrons should continue to be allowed to smoke indoors at properties in the city. But, that discussion has been snuffed out as a planned roundtable on the issue has been...
Encore Boston Harbor Implements ‘PlayMyWay’ Responsible Gaming Software
Encore Boston Harbor has installed responsible gaming software in its more than 2,700 slot machines and electronic gaming terminals. This week, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) announced that the Wynn Resorts casino has joined MGM Springfield and Plainridge Park in implementing the...
Texas Lottery Extends Scientific Games Contract Another Decade
The Texas Lottery is living by the motto, "If it's not broke, don't fix it." As such, the lottery recently extended its existing partnership with Scientific Games by another decade. The Texas Lottery is one of the richest state-run lotteries in the...
Amazon Prime Taps DraftKings as ‘Thursday Night Football’ Partner
Amazon Prime is paying the NFL $13 billion to be the exclusive home of Thursday Night Football for the next 11 years. DraftKings announced today that it has partnered with Amazon to become an official sponsor of Thursday Night Football on Prime Video. The...
Hard Rock International Spending $100M to Better Compensate Non-Tipped US Workers
Hard Rock International, the owner and operator of its namesake restaurants, casinos, and resorts, is upping its employee overhead by $100 million for its US workforce. To help workers offset some of the rising costs of everyday life, Hard Rock announced Monday...
Kambi Group Buys iGaming B2B Developer Shape Games for $39M
Sweden-based Kambi Group is buying Shape Games, a business-to-business platform and service provider for the iGaming industry, for an initial upfront consideration of €38.5 million (US$39 million). Shape Games is headquartered in Copenhagen but has offices in Barcelona and Latvia. The technology...
Paramount+ to Stream 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting Docuseries
Paramount+ unveiled its fall schedule today and a major release set for the streaming service takes a close look at the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that killed 58 people. October 1 will mark five years since the deadliest mass shooting in...
Resorts World Hudson Valley to Open This Fall, Hopes to Rejuvenate New York Mall
Resorts World Hudson Valley plans to open the doors to its 90,000-square-foot slots and electronic gaming hall this fall. Resorts World Hudson Valley is taking the place of a former Bon-Ton department store at the Newburgh Mall in upstate New York. The...
Macau Casinos See Continued Job Cuts , Business Climate Remains Ugly
Macau casinos have done their best to soften the financial impact of COVID-19 on their workforces. But with China upholding its "zero-COVID" policy and the sprawling resorts remaining nearly lifeless, job cuts continue. Last Friday, Macau's Statistics and Census Service revealed that...
